Dennis the Menace returns to TV with a CGI makeover for a new CBBC series

The spikey-haired rascal and his pet dog Gnasher are set for their television comeback in a new BBC series next year

by sam christie

4th October 2016, 9:50 am

Updated: 4th October 2016, 2:12 pm

DENNIS the Menace is set for a CGI transformation in line for his telly comeback.

The spikey-haired Beano bad boy and his pet dog Gnasher are set to return to our screens in a new BBC series next year.

Beano

The spikey-haired rascal is set to return to our screens in a new BBC series next year

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Previous episodes - last screened in 2013 - only featured Dennis in 2D

Beano

But Dennis the Menace has undergone CGI makeover for new series on CBBC

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The legendary title, which holds the Guinness World Record for longest-running weekly comic, sells 38,000 copies a week in the UK

Emma Scott, chief executive of Beano Studios, told the Guardian: "We’re thrilled to be working with CBBC on the new series, which will see us bring Dennis to life and bang up to date in CGI for the next generation of Beano fans."

Previous episodes - last screened in 2013 - only featured Dennis in 2D.

But the legendary Beano duo will feature in 52-part series called Dennis & Gnasher unleashed, which will air in late 2017.

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CBBC controller Cheryl Taylor said: "Dennis and Gnasher have been unleashing their own particular brand of mischief on CBBC for many years and their ardent fans will be delighted by this wonderful new series from two of the UK’s most notorious rascals."

Beano Studios also hinted that a Dennis-led movie may be next to hit our screens, saying that it was "exploring plans" to take its characters to "bigger screens".

The legendary title, which holds the Guinness World Record for longest-running weekly comic, sells 38,000 copies a week in the UK.

Beano

The legendary Beano duo will feature in 52-part series called Dennis & Gnasher unleashed, which will air in late 2017

Beano Studios also hinted that a Dennis-led movie may be next to hit our screens, saying that it was "exploring plans" to take its characters to "bigger screens"

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The spikey haired, stripy jumper wearing rascal topped our poll of ten of the biggest and best from the cream of UK comic characters